Rope and cable holder



Nov. 6, 1934. c. K. MATTSON ROPE AND CABLE HOLDER Fil-ed March 15, 1933 C arZ KMafzs on.

HIS ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 6, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application March 15,

Claims.

This invention relates to certain novel improvements in rope and cable holders.

An object of this invention is to provide a new, improved, relatively simple and inexpensive de- 5 vice for latching a rope or cable, such, for example, as a clothes line rope in an adjusted position.

Other objects will. appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing, showing the preferred form of construction and in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational View of a preferred form of the new holder;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the same on line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail View of the new holder;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the mounting plate; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the rope holding dog.

The new holder is indicated generally at in the drawing and comprises a supporting bracket 11 for attachment to a vertical support 12 which may be a post, building, etc. Pivotally mounted on the bracket 11, by means of a trunnion l3, journaled in bearing bosses 14 that are formed on the bracket 11, is a latching dog 15 with which the trunnion 13 is integral. Formed on the front face of the bracket 11 at the bottom of the same a boss 16 in which is formed a guiding groove 17 for the reception of the rope or cable 18 and formed in the upper end of the latching dog 15 is a guiding groove 19, also for the reception of the rope or cable 18.

In the use of the new rope or cable holder the supporting bracket 11 is attached to a suitable support 11 and the rope or cable 18 passed through the guiding grooves 17 and 19 whereupon a pull upon the rope or cable portion 18a will pivot the latch dog 15 clockwise (Fig. 1) and bind the rope or cable in the groove 17, thereby latching the same in adjusted position.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification, without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A rope or cable holder comprising a bracket 1933, Serial No. 660,942

for attachment to a support, said bracket having a guiding groove formed on thefront face thereof for the reception of a rope or cable, and a latching dog pivotally mounted on the bracket having a lower end portion for binding the rope or cable in said groove, said dog having a guiding groove formed in its upper end portion for the reception of the rope or cable.

2. A rope or cable holder comprising a plate for connection with a supporting structure, said plate being provided with a groove arranged to hold the rope or cable against lateral shitting with respect to said plate, and a dog pivotally connected with said plate and having one end arranged to press the rope or cable into said groove, said dog having a bifurcated end for guiding the rope or cable when the latter is placed under tension.

3. A rope holder comprising a supporting element having a rope guiding groove, a dog, a pivotal connection between the dog and said supporting element, said dog being provided with a bifurcated end for receiving the rope, said dog having its opposite end arranged to press the rope into said groove when the end of the rope passing over the bifurcated end is placed under tension.

4. A rope holder comprising a base member having a rope guiding groove, a dog, and a pivotal connection between the dog and said base, said dog having one end arranged to press a rope into said groove and its opposite end bifurcated to provide a guide for the rope, said pivotal connection being positioned between the said two ends of the dog and ofiset, to permit the rope to be positioned in said groove and the bifurcated end by lateral movement with respect to the dog.

5. A rope holder comprising a base plate having a rope guiding groove, a hole through said base, a bearing upon each side of said hole, a dog, and pivots carried by said dog, said hole being arranged at an angle to the longitudinal axis of said bearings, said pivots being arranged to pass through said opening and move into said bearings from the opposite side of the plate, said dog having one end arranged to press a rope into said groove, to prevent slipping of the rope with respect to said base plate, the opposite end of said dog being bifurcated to receive said rope.

CARL K. MATTSON. 

